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  • Yep, a good, tough entertaining game where the team looked improved from the week before. Still not good enough, but it's about what I expected this year as the young kids learn on the fly.

    @d-bone said:

    Yep, a good, tough entertaining game where the team looked improved from the week before. Still not good enough, but it's about what I expected this year as the young kids learn on the fly.

    Definitely looked better than last week...which is an improvement.....excepting Coleman, the vets made most of the plays tho....rookies were fairly weak this week...

    @texasag1969 said:

    Team never quit. Played it out to the end and never gave an inch.

    Say what?....cmon Ag....they gave an inch and then some...

    @bbedward said:

    Our offensive line sucks balls and our defense sucks bad well.

    Shouldn't have let 2 pro bowlers walk

    Right.....watching the first quarter, it was almost all plays by McCown, Crow, Barny, Hawkins $ Duke moving that team down field....and big plays on D by Davis and Haden and Kirksey that were setting the tone......which is why I wish we had just signed a couple/few more competent vets to throw into the mix.....still wouldve been plenty of opps for the rookies and, with a decent line, we could actually win a few....

    @frenchie said:

    Oh, I disagree with that. Our linebacker play is far improved and the run defense is far superior to last year.

    Run D did look a lil better this week.....far superior?....no way......

    Linebackers are a smidge better, simply because Kruger is gone and Kirksey has stepped it up another notch.....Schubert and Ogbah are not lighting it up tho, so to me, the OLB's are not superior to what the other guys (Orchard, Kruger, Mingo) brought...at least not yet...

  • @baconhound said:

    Coleman was very good, Pryor was ok and the team played hard. Other than that pretty much the same 0-2 but at least we should have a winnable game next week.

    Oh, I disagree with that. Our linebacker play is far improved and the run defense is far superior to last year.

    @frenchie said:

    Oh, I disagree with that. Our linebacker play is far improved and the run defense is far superior to last year.

    Flacco could throw it at will on us today if it wasn't for dropped passes this game wouldn't have been close.

    Philly was 4.6 ypc against us and today was Terrance West and Justin Forsett.

  • @frenchie said:

    Oh, I disagree with that. Our linebacker play is far improved and the run defense is far superior to last year.

    Flacco could throw it at will on us today if it wasn't for dropped passes this game wouldn't have been close.

    Philly was 4.6 ypc against us and today was Terrance West and Justin Forsett.

    @baconhound said:

    Flacco could throw it at will on us today if it wasn't for dropped passes this game wouldn't have been close.

    Philly was 4.6 ypc against us and today was Terrance West and Justin Forsett.

    Right....Pitta ate our LB's and safetys alive....

    Kindred might be a good tackler, but that old broken man(Pitta) took him to school today on coverage.....

  • Sorry guys pissed off and drunk after our loss didn't expect to get jumped on like that.

    I tailgated, was jacked up after scoring 3 TDs in a row - then we blew it in spectacular fashion

    @bbedward said:

    Sorry guys pissed off and drunk after our loss didn't expect to get jumped on like that.

    I tailgated, was jacked up after scoring 3 TDs in a row - then we blew it in spectacular fashion

    ah man I was just fucking with you if you look above I started it with a comment on are shit of a fuck kicker

  • @d-bone said:

    Yep, a good, tough entertaining game where the team looked improved from the week before. Still not good enough, but it's about what I expected this year as the young kids learn on the fly.

    Definitely looked better than last week...which is an improvement.....excepting Coleman, the vets made most of the plays tho....rookies were fairly weak this week...

    @texasag1969 said:

    Team never quit. Played it out to the end and never gave an inch.

    Say what?....cmon Ag....they gave an inch and then some...

    @bbedward said:

    Our offensive line sucks balls and our defense sucks bad well.

    Shouldn't have let 2 pro bowlers walk

    Right.....watching the first quarter, it was almost all plays by McCown, Crow, Barny, Hawkins $ Duke moving that team down field....and big plays on D by Davis and Haden and Kirksey that were setting the tone......which is why I wish we had just signed a couple/few more competent vets to throw into the mix.....still wouldve been plenty of opps for the rookies and, with a decent line, we could actually win a few....

    @frenchie said:

    Oh, I disagree with that. Our linebacker play is far improved and the run defense is far superior to last year.

    Run D did look a lil better this week.....far superior?....no way......

    Linebackers are a smidge better, simply because Kruger is gone and Kirksey has stepped it up another notch.....Schubert and Ogbah are not lighting it up tho, so to me, the OLB's are not superior to what the other guys (Orchard, Kruger, Mingo) brought...at least not yet...

    @mudfly said:

    Definitely looked better than last week...which is an improvement.....excepting Coleman, the vets made most of the plays tho....rookies were fairly weak this week

    But they're still out there, under game day pressure, learning under fire and that can only forge them quicker, or reveal that they can't handle too. Either way, players get better playing in games, not watching from the sidelines.

  • The pass rush has to improve, hell Flacco had all day to throw with a 3 or 4 man rush.

  • sydS syd

    are kicker sucks

    @syd said:

    are kicker sucks

    To be fair, he missed a 52 yard field goal. If anything sucks its our field goal protection.

  • Well...Cam Erving must have had a big game!!!....cause I kept hearing his name...over and over....which is uber rare for a center......

  • Well...Cam Erving must have had a big game!!!....cause I kept hearing his name...over and over....which is uber rare for a center......

    @mudfly said:

    Well...Cam Erving must have had a big game!!!....cause I kept hearing his name...over and over....which is uber rare for a center......

    Lol, if he keeps fucking up he has to get benched. wish we had more depth at center.

  • @syd said:

    are kicker sucks

    To be fair, he missed a 52 yard field goal. If anything sucks its our field goal protection.

    @harry-buffalo said:

    To be fair, he missed a 52 yard field goal. If anything sucks its our field goal protection.

    didn't he have a pat blocked

  • sydS syd

    @harry-buffalo said:

    To be fair, he missed a 52 yard field goal. If anything sucks its our field goal protection.

    didn't he have a pat blocked

    @syd said:

    didn't he have a pat blocked

    Ya and it was returned for a 2pt conversion by the Ravens.

  • @syd said:

    are kicker sucks

    To be fair, he missed a 52 yard field goal. If anything sucks its our field goal protection.

    @harry-buffalo said:

    To be fair, he missed a 52 yard field goal. If anything sucks its our field goal protection.

    Bingo, we had that problem with Coon Dawg as our kicker.

    Someone needs to realize that maybe it isn't the kicker!

  • The pass rush has to improve, hell Flacco had all day to throw with a 3 or 4 man rush.

    @canton-dawg said:

    The pass rush has to improve, hell Flacco had all day to throw with a 3 or 4 man rush.

    He had all day with a 5 or 6 or 7 man rush as well
  • @harry-buffalo said:

    To be fair, he missed a 52 yard field goal. If anything sucks its our field goal protection.

    Bingo, we had that problem with Coon Dawg as our kicker.

    Someone needs to realize that maybe it isn't the kicker!

    @canton-dawg said:

    Bingo, we had that problem with Coon Dawg as our kicker.

    Someone needs to realize that maybe it isn't the kicker!

    I mean the guy game in on the left side untouched.

    @mudfly said:

    Well...Cam Erving must have had a big game!!!....cause I kept hearing his name...over and over....which is uber rare for a center......

    He was taken out of the locker room on a stretcher after the game. Apparently something with his ribs/back that he missed up early in the game.

  • I'm surprised by the comments on defending the run and our linebackers. Short term memory? Do you not remember our inability to set the edge and those 150+ rushing yards against us last year? But I'm not a football guru so can someone look up the ave. and rank vs. last year.

  • @canton-dawg said:

    The pass rush has to improve, hell Flacco had all day to throw with a 3 or 4 man rush.

    He had all day with a 5 or 6 or 7 man rush as well

    @richiswhere said:

    He had all day with a 5 or 6 or 7 man rush as well

    I can't believe the ratbirds oline didn't get at least 9 flagrant oling holding calls.

    that apparently isn't a flag this year. At least not for the better teams in the nfl.

    I mean, look at the helmet to helmet hits on Cam Newton vs Denver.

    No ejections.

  • @harry-buffalo said:

    To be fair, he missed a 52 yard field goal. If anything sucks its our field goal protection.

    Bingo, we had that problem with Coon Dawg as our kicker.

    Someone needs to realize that maybe it isn't the kicker!

    @canton-dawg said:

    Bingo, we had that problem with Coon Dawg as our kicker.

    Someone needs to realize that maybe it isn't the kicker!

    only problem with coon was his long range attempts

    don't remember him having a problem with pat's

  • I'm surprised by the comments on defending the run and our linebackers. Short term memory? Do you not remember our inability to set the edge and those 150+ rushing yards against us last year? But I'm not a football guru so can someone look up the ave. and rank vs. last year.

    @frenchie said:

    I'm surprised by the comments on defending the run and our linebackers. Short term memory? Do you not remember our inability to set the edge and those 150+ rushing yards against us last year? But I'm not a football guru so can someone look up the ave. and rank vs. last year.

    It's more situational. When Philly needed to run the ball they did and Baltimore was down early and we couldn't stop their passing attack so they didn't need to run. In the 4th quarter when they ran the ball effectively and at that point our defense was probably exhausted but those are how I've seen the first two this season. Last year was terrible but I don't see this year as being good, just not as bad.

  • I'm surprised by the comments on defending the run and our linebackers. Short term memory? Do you not remember our inability to set the edge and those 150+ rushing yards against us last year? But I'm not a football guru so can someone look up the ave. and rank vs. last year.

    @frenchie said:

    I'm surprised by the comments on defending the run and our linebackers. Short term memory? Do you not remember our inability to set the edge and those 150+ rushing yards against us last year?

    Yeah...I remember.....like it was just last week....oh wait, it was.....

    Since "last year" I watched 4 preseason games where we ranked dead last against the run....then I watched a bad team rip our ass last week for 130+yards rushing....so 'since last year" Ive seen exactly 1 game that we looked somewhat competent against the run....and that game was today(or at least 1/2 a game)....

    so, no, Im not gonna take one decent game and declare this run D "vastly improved" or anything like that, especially being just 1 week removed from an embarrassing defensive performance(run and pass)......

  • Well at least Danny looked like he belonged out there today.